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| 95-hjres-1173 | 95 | hjres | 1173 | Joint resolution relative to the convening of the first session of the Ninety-sixth Congress, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1978-10-14 | 1978-11-04 | Public Law 95-594. | House | Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12] | TX | D | W000763 | 0 | Declares that the first regular session of the Ninety-sixth Congress shall begin at 12 o'clock meridian on January 15, 1979. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress the budget for 1980 and the Economic Report not later than January 22, 1979. | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | |
| 95-hjres-1169 | 95 | hjres | 1169 | A resolution raising the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 per centum of the respective parity prices therefor, and for other purposes. | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 7 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percent of their respective parity prices. Reduces the price levels at which producers participating in the wheat and feed grains storage program: (1) may redeem and market commodities securing price support loans (from between 140 to 160 percent of their respective parity prices to 100 percent); and (2) must repay such loans (from 175 to 110 percent of their respective parity prices). | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | ||
| 95-hjres-1170 | 95 | hjres | 1170 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that the level of total expenditures of the United States for any fiscal year shall not exceed the level of total revenues of the United States for such fiscal year and for the disposition of subsequent deficits, and that the gross Federal debt be reduced by open-market operations. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rooney, Fred B. [D-PA-15] | PA | D | R000423 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total expenditures shall not exceed total revenues for any fiscal year. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Senate and the House. Directs the amount of any annual deficit be considered an expenditure of the United States in the following fiscal year. Permits the Congress to apportion any annual deficit over the four following fiscal years, or to include such deficit in the gross Federal debt. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to reduce the public debt of the United States through open-market operations. | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | |
| 95-hjres-1171 | 95 | hjres | 1171 | A resolution relating to the publication of economic and social statistics for Americans of Balto-Slavic origin or descent. | Population statistics | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 1 | Requires the publication of statistics indicating the social, health, and economic conditions of Americans of Balto-Slavic origin or descent by specified executive departments. Requires that an affirmative action program be implemented within the Bureau of the Census for the employment of personnel of Balto-Slavic background to aid in collecting census data on such persons. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hjres-1172 | 95 | hjres | 1172 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that the level of total expenditures of the United States for any fiscal year shall not exceed the level of total revenues of the United States for such fiscal year and for the disposition of subsequent deficits, and that the gross Federal debt be reduced by open-market operations. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 10 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total expenditures shall not exceed total revenues for any fiscal year. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Senate and the House. Directs the amount of any annual deficit be considered an expenditure of the United States in the following fiscal year. Permits the Congress to apportion any annual deficit over the four following fiscal years, or to include such deficit in the gross Federal debt. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to reduce the public debt of the United States through open-market operations. | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | |
| 95-hjres-1167 | 95 | hjres | 1167 | A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the month of November 1978 as "National REACT Month". | Commemorations | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Ashbrook, John M. [R-OH-17] | OH | R | A000221 | 0 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of November, 1978, as "National REACT Month" (radio emergency associated citizens teams). | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1168 | 95 | hjres | 1168 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide a six-year term for President and for Vice President and a three-year term for Representatives and to limit the total number of years for which Senators and Representatives may serve. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] | IN | R | H000624 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the President and Vice President shall serve a term of six years, and that no person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice. Declares that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve three-year terms. Limits to 12 years the aggregate period a person may serve as a Representative or Senator, and 18 years the aggregate period a person may serve as a Senator or Representative. | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | |
| 95-hjres-1166 | 95 | hjres | 1166 | A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the month of November 1978 as "National REACT Month". | Commemorations | 1978-10-11 | 1978-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 2 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of November, 1978, as "National REACT Month" (radio emergency associated citizens teams). | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1165 | 95 | hjres | 1165 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-10 | 1978-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 13 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1162 | 95 | hjres | 1162 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve terms of four years and that such Members may not serve more than three consecutive terms. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-10-06 | 1978-10-06 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 15 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve for terms of four years and that such Members may not serve more than three consecutive terms. | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | |
| 95-hjres-1163 | 95 | hjres | 1163 | A resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets and elimination of the Federal indebtedness. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-10-06 | 1978-10-06 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-11] | IN | D | J000033 | 16 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. States that by the fourth fiscal year after the ratification of this amendment the budget shall be balanced. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of declared emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 19 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth year fiscal year. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1164 | 95 | hjres | 1164 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-10-06 | 1978-10-06 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 9 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1160 | 95 | hjres | 1160 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States the right to enact and repeal laws by voting on legislation in a national election. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Goldwater, Barry, Jr. [R-CA-20] | CA | R | G000268 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Allows for popular enactment and repeal of laws, except those with respect to: (1) declaring war and similar matters; and (2) making specific expenditures, limiting appropriations for defense, or relating to foreign affairs. Requires a petition signed by a number of persons equalling at least eight percent of the total number of persons voting in the last Presidential election in each of a number of States equal to at least one more than one-half of the number of the several States to place such an issue on the ballot. Requires such a proposed law to receive a nationwide majority of the votes cast to pass. | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | |
| 95-hjres-1161 | 95 | hjres | 1161 | A resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets and elimination of the Federal indebtedness. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-11] | IN | D | J000033 | 8 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. States that by the fourth fiscal year after the ratification of this amendment the budget shall be balanced. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of declared emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 19 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth year fiscal year. | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | |
| 95-hjres-1147 | 95 | hjres | 1147 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-25 | Public Law 95-513. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1148 | 95 | hjres | 1148 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1149 | 95 | hjres | 1149 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1150 | 95 | hjres | 1150 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1151 | 95 | hjres | 1151 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1152 | 95 | hjres | 1152 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 23 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1153 | 95 | hjres | 1153 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1154 | 95 | hjres | 1154 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1155 | 95 | hjres | 1155 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 16 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1156 | 95 | hjres | 1156 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 12 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1157 | 95 | hjres | 1157 | A resolution to amend section 8 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. | Finance and Financial Sector | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-10 | Measure passed House. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 2 | Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 by extending the authority of the Export-Import Bank until June 30, 1979. | 2024-08-01T19:57:30Z | |
| 95-hjres-1158 | 95 | hjres | 1158 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that the level of total expenditures of the United States for any fiscal year shall not exceed the level of total revenues of the United States for such fiscal year and for the disposition of subsequent deficits, and that the gross Federal debt be reduced by open-market operations. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 18 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total expenditures shall not exceed total revenues for any fiscal year. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Senate and the House. Directs the amount of any annual deficit be considered an expenditure of the United States in the following fiscal year. Permits the Congress to apportion any annual deficit over the four following fiscal years, or to include such deficit in the gross Federal debt. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to reduce the public debt of the United States through open-market operations. | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | |
| 95-hjres-1159 | 95 | hjres | 1159 | A resolution to authorize "National Shut-In Day". | Commemorations | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4] | WV | D | R000011 | 4 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the first Sunday in June of each year as "National Shut-In Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1146 | 95 | hjres | 1146 | A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the month of November 1978 as "National REACT Month". | Commemorations | 1978-09-28 | 1978-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 11 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of November, 1978, as "National REACT Month" (radio emergency associated citizens teams). | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1144 | 95 | hjres | 1144 | A resolution designating October 4, 1978, as "CB Radio Recognition Day". | Commemorations | 1978-09-25 | 1978-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fisher, Joesph L. [D-VA-10] | VA | D | F000151 | 0 | Designates October 4, 1978, as "CB Radio Recognition Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1145 | 95 | hjres | 1145 | A resolution to amend section 8 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. | Finance and Financial Sector | 1978-09-25 | 1978-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 1 | Amends the Export-Import Bank Act by extending the Export-Import Bank's authority to operate until June 30, 1979. | 2024-08-01T19:57:30Z | |
| 95-hjres-1141 | 95 | hjres | 1141 | A resolution to provide for the convening of an International Conference on Communication and Information, and for other purposes. | Conferences | 1978-09-21 | 1978-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Goldwater, Barry, Jr. [R-CA-20] | CA | R | G000268 | 0 | Directs the President to: (1) convene an International Conference on Communication and Information by January 1, 1982; (2) take steps to prepare for and host such conference; and (3) report to Congress the recommendations of such conference. | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1142 | 95 | hjres | 1142 | A resolution to initiate preliminary studies for the restoration and renovation of the Pension Building in Washington, District of Columbia, to house a Museum of the Building Arts, and for other purposes. | Municipal buildings | 1978-09-21 | 1978-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] | CA | D | M000794 | 5 | Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to submit to Congress a study on the restoration of the Pension Building in the District of Columbia to house the Museum of the Building Arts. Requests the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute to report to Congress by January 1, 1979 on the feasibility of operating such a museum. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1143 | 95 | hjres | 1143 | A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day". | Commemorations | 1978-09-21 | 1978-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7] | MN | R | S000795 | 0 | Authorizes the President of the United States to designate September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1140 | 95 | hjres | 1140 | A resolution to amend section 8 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. | Finance and Financial Sector | 1978-09-20 | 1978-09-30 | Public Law 95-407. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 0 | Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to extend the termination date for such Bank to December 31, 1978. | 2024-08-01T19:57:30Z | |
| 95-hjres-1139 | 95 | hjres | 1139 | A resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-09-19 | 1978-10-18 | Public Law 95-482. | House | Rep. Mahon, George H. [D-TX-19] | TX | D | M000065 | 0 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Makes continuing appropriations, as necessary, for certain on-going activities authorized by specified Acts, including, but not limited to, the Community Services Act and the Environmental Education Act. Prohibits the rate for operations of such activities to be in excess of the current rate. Authorizes such amounts as may be necessary for fiscal year 1979, for programs, projects, and activities as provided for in the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act of 1979. Stipulates that no funds shall be available for listed projects. Allows funds to be used to continue the planning of specified projects. Makes appropriations for the Water Resources Council. Specifies that these funds shall not be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which funds were not available during fiscal year 1978. Repeals a provision of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979, which permits retirement to certain foreign service officers based on their "high one year of service. Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act of 1979 to delete the provision of law which provided that none of the funds appropriated could be expended to ConRail until authorizing legislation is passed. Appropriates $3,500,000 for the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Fund as authorized in the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act. Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act of 1968, as amended, by setting ceilings on the number of people permitted to be paid at various levels on the standing committee payroll of the Senate. Appropriates $16,000,000 for grants to the United States Olympic Committee (Corporation) to defray direct operating costs of programs of amateur athletic activities and for programs of amateur athletic activities. Requires the Corporation to report annually to the Congress with a detailed accounting of such funds and a description of future projects. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce n… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 95-hjres-1138 | 95 | hjres | 1138 | A resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences with Japan. | Congress | 1978-09-15 | 1978-09-15 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | W000680 | 2 | Authorizes the appointment of Members of Congress to meet with representatives of the Japanese Diet for discussion of common problems in the interests of relations between the United States and Japan. Specifies that the meetings shall be when Congress is not in session unless the meetings are held in the United States. Stipulates that no funds shall be authorized to be appropriated under this resolution until fiscal year 1980. Requires reports to Congress by the group for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made. | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1137 | 95 | hjres | 1137 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which, except in times of war or national emergency, prohibits the Congress from making appropriations for a fiscal year in excess of the amount of estimated revenue during that year and requires that the amount of the debt of the United States not exceed the amount of that debt on the date of the adoption of the amendment. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-09-14 | 1978-09-14 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Roberts, Ray [D-TX-4] | TX | D | R000312 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total appropriations from exceeding estimated revenues for a fiscal year, except in times of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is adopted. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1136 | 95 | hjres | 1136 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that the level of total expenditures of the United States for any fiscal year shall not exceed the level of total revenues of the United States for such fiscal year and for the disposition of subsequent deficits, and that the gross Federal debt by reduced by open-market operations. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-09-12 | 1978-09-12 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total expenditures shall not exceed total revenues for any fiscal year. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Senate and the House. Directs the amount of any annual deficit be considered an expenditure of the United States in the following fiscal year. Permits the Congress to apportion any annual deficit over the four following fiscal years, or to include such deficit in the gross Federal debt. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to reduce the public debt of the United States through open-market operations. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1133 | 95 | hjres | 1133 | A resolution raising the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 per centum of the respective parity prices therefor, and for other purposes. | 1978-09-11 | 1978-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 6 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percent of their respective parity prices. Reduces the price levels at which producers participating in the wheat and feed grains storage program: (1) may redeem and market commodities securing price support loans (from between 140 to 160 percent of their respective parity prices to 100 percent); and (2) must repay such loans (from 175 to 110 percent of their respective parity prices). | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | ||
| 95-hjres-1134 | 95 | hjres | 1134 | A resolution to change the name of Copan Dam and Lake in the States of Oklahoma and Kansas to Copan Dam and the Lake of the Delawares. | Lakes | 1978-09-11 | 1978-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] | OK | D | R000268 | 0 | Changes the name of Copan Dam and Lake in the States of Oklahoma and Kansas to Copan Dam and Lake of the Delawares in honor of the Delaware Indians. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1135 | 95 | hjres | 1135 | A resolution to change the name of Oologah Lake in the State of Oklahoma to Will Rogers Lake. | Lakes | 1978-09-11 | 1978-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] | OK | D | R000268 | 0 | Changes the name of Oologah Lake in the State of Oklahoma to Will Rogers Lake. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1132 | 95 | hjres | 1132 | A resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating March, 1979 as "Youth Art Month". | Commemorations | 1978-09-08 | 1978-09-08 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roncalio, Teno [D-WY-At Large] | WY | D | R000421 | 12 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of March, 1979, as "Youth Art Month." | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1131 | 95 | hjres | 1131 | A resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating November 30, 1978, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day". | Commemorations | 1978-09-07 | 1978-09-07 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 1 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 30, 1978, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1129 | 95 | hjres | 1129 | A resolution designating the "square dance" as the national folk dance of the United States of America. | Government Operations and Politics | 1978-09-06 | 1978-09-06 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] | GA | D | B000839 | 0 | Designates the square dance as the national folk dance of the United States. | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1130 | 95 | hjres | 1130 | A resolution raising the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 per centum of the respective parity prices therefor, and for other purposes. | 1978-09-06 | 1978-09-06 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Sikes, Robert L. F. [D-FL-1] | FL | D | S000406 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percent of their respective parity prices. Reduces the price levels at which producers participating in the wheat and feed grains storage program: (1) may redeem and market commodities securing price support loans (from between 140 to 160 percent of their respective parity prices to 100 percent); and (2) must repay such loans (from 175 to 110 percent of their respective parity prices). | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | ||
| 95-hjres-1123 | 95 | hjres | 1123 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. to provide that appropriations made by the U.S. shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Bafalis, L. A. (Skip) [R-FL-10] | FL | R | B000029 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1124 | 95 | hjres | 1124 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the purpose of limiting the power of Congress to tax. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4] | MD | R | H000747 | 5 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires any change in the U.S. tax law to increase Federal revenue to be approved by not less than two-thirds of all Members of Congress. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1125 | 95 | hjres | 1125 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of September 3, 1978, as "Working Mothers' Day". | Commemorations | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Keys, Martha E. [D-KS-2] | KS | D | K000162 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 3, 1978, as "Working Mothers' Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1126 | 95 | hjres | 1126 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of September 3, 1978, as "Working Mothers' Day". | Commemorations | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Keys, Martha E. [D-KS-2] | KS | D | K000162 | 22 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 3, 1978, as "Working Mothers' Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1127 | 95 | hjres | 1127 | A joint resolution requiring studies of certain grants. | Federal aid programs | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Clausen, Don H. [R-CA-2] | CA | R | C000475 | 1 | Requires Federal departments and agencies which make various conditional grants to State and local governments to conduct and submit to Congress a study on consolidating such grants under a single grant program. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 95-hjres-1128 | 95 | hjres | 1128 | A joint resolution requiring studies of certain grants. | Federal aid programs | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19] | CA | R | L000020 | 1 | Requires Federal departments and agencies which make various conditional grants to State and local governments to conduct and submit to Congress a study on consolidating such grants under a single grant program. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 95-hjres-1117 | 95 | hjres | 1117 | A resolution to authorize and request the President to proclaim January 28, 1979, as "Day of Marti, Apostle of Liberty". | Commemorations | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15] | FL | D | F000041 | 0 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate January 28, 1979, as "Day of Marti, Apostle of Liberty." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1118 | 95 | hjres | 1118 | A resolution authorizing the President to annually proclaim the week of Thanksgiving Day as National Farmworkers Week. | Commemorations | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-21] | NY | D | G000047 | 0 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of Thanksgiving Day of each year as "National Farmworkers Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1119 | 95 | hjres | 1119 | A resolution raising the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percentum of the respective parity prices therefor, and for other purposes. | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 23 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percent of their respective parity prices. Reduces the price levels at which producers participating in the wheat and feed grains storage program: (1) may redeem and market commodities securing price support loans (from between 140 to 160 percent of their respective parity prices to 100 percent); and (2) must repay such loans (from 175 to 110 percent of their respective parity prices). | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | ||
| 95-hjres-1120 | 95 | hjres | 1120 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 23 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1121 | 95 | hjres | 1121 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 23 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1122 | 95 | hjres | 1122 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 9 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1111 | 95 | hjres | 1111 | A resolution raising the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 per centum of the respective parity prices therefor, and for other purposes. | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Burlison, Bill D. [D-MO-10] | MO | D | B001113 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percent of their respective parity prices. Reduces the price levels at which producers participating in the wheat and feed grains storage program: (1) may redeem and market commodities securing price support loans (from between 140 to 160 percent of their respective parity prices to 100 percent); and (2) must repay such loans (from 175 to 110 percent of their respective parity prices). | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | ||
| 95-hjres-1112 | 95 | hjres | 1112 | A resolution to provide an end to the persecution of religion and genocide in Equatorial Guinea. | International Affairs | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | D000435 | 0 | Condemns President-for-Life Francisco Macias Nguema of Equatorial Guinea and calls upon the United States Government to encourage countries with interests in that nation to employ their influence toward the end of eliminating persecution of religion and genocide in Equatorial Guinea. | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1113 | 95 | hjres | 1113 | A resolution directing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to recommend to the Congress ways of improving the quality of health care provided the Nation's aging veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | D000435 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to prepare and submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing recommendations and proposals for means of improving the delivery of health care and related services to senior veterans not later than December 31, 1979. Defines senior veteran for purposes of theis Act as a veteran 60 years of age or older. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1114 | 95 | hjres | 1114 | A resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating March, 1979 as "Youth Art Month". | Commemorations | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roncalio, Teno [D-WY-At Large] | WY | D | R000421 | 6 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of March, 1979, as "Youth Art Month." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1115 | 95 | hjres | 1115 | A resolution designating December 26, 1979, as "National Schoolbus Driver Day". | Commemorations | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] | CA | D | R000485 | 0 | Designates December 26, 1979, as "National Schoolbus Driver Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1116 | 95 | hjres | 1116 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that the level of total expenditures of the United States for any fiscal year shall not exceed the level of total revenues of the United States for such fiscal year and for the disposition of subsequent deficits, and that the gross federal debt be reduced by open-market operations. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total expenditures shall not exceed total revenues for any fiscal year. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Senate and the House. Directs the amount of any annual deficit be considered an expenditure of the United States in the following fiscal year. Permits the Congress to apportion any annual deficit over the four following fiscal years, or to include such deficit in the gross Federal debt. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to reduce the public debt of the United States through open-market operations. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1108 | 95 | hjres | 1108 | A joint resolution to authorize the President to proclaim the last Friday of April each year as "National Arbor Day". | Commemorations | 1978-08-09 | 1978-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 0 | Authorizes the President of the United States to designate the last Friday of April of each year as "National Arbor Day". | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1109 | 95 | hjres | 1109 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying of the national debt. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-08-09 | 1978-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Kazen, Abraham, Jr. [D-TX-23] | TX | D | K000025 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1110 | 95 | hjres | 1110 | A joint resolution making the congressional determination that a simple majority of each body of a State legislature is sufficient for the purposes of proposed constitutional amendments for which the mode of ratification is by State legislatures. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-08-09 | 1978-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 0 | Makes the Congressional determination that a simple majority of each body of a State legislature is sufficient for the ratification of proposed Constitutional amendments for which the mode of ratification is by three-fourths of the State legislatures. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1106 | 95 | hjres | 1106 | A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the month of November 1978 as "National REACT Month". | Commemorations | 1978-08-07 | 1978-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 13 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of November, 1978, as "National REACT Month" (radio emergency associated citizens teams). | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1107 | 95 | hjres | 1107 | A resolution designating April 27, 28 and 29 of 1979 as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust". | Commemorations | 1978-08-07 | 1978-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12] | TX | D | W000763 | 3 | Designates April 27, 28, and 29 of 1979 as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust." | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1105 | 95 | hjres | 1105 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the continuance in office of judges of the Supreme Court and of inferior courts. | Congress | 1978-08-03 | 1978-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Devine, Samuel L. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | D000279 | 22 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of any inferior court established by Congress from holding office for more than 10 years after (1) taking office, (2) the Senate last consented to his continuance in office, or (3) the ratification of this amendment, whichever last occurs, unless the President nominates and the Senate consents to a continuance in office. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1103 | 95 | hjres | 1103 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-08-02 | 1978-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | K000190 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits discrimination based on sex by the United States or any State. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1104 | 95 | hjres | 1104 | A resolution to authorize and request the President to proclaim January 28, 1979, as "Day of Marti, Apostle of Liberty". | Commemorations | 1978-08-02 | 1978-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate January 28, 1979, as "Day of Marti, Apostle of Liberty." | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1094 | 95 | hjres | 1094 | A resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating November 30, 1978, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day". | Commemorations | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 23 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 30, 1978, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1095 | 95 | hjres | 1095 | A resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating November 30, 1978, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day". | Commemorations | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 23 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 30, 1978, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:27Z | |
| 95-hjres-1096 | 95 | hjres | 1096 | A resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating November 30, 1978, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day". | Commemorations | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 7 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 30, 1978, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1097 | 95 | hjres | 1097 | A resolution imploring the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to release Doctor Semyon Gluzman from prison and permit him and his family to immigrate to Israel. | International Affairs | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18] | NY | R | G000417 | 24 | Declares that President Brezhnev of the Soviet Socialist Republics should authorize the release of Doctor Semyon Gluzman from prison and allow him and his family to emigrate to Israel. | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1098 | 95 | hjres | 1098 | A resolution imploring the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to release Doctor Semyon Gluzman from prison and permit him and his family to immigrate to Israel. | International Affairs | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18] | NY | R | G000417 | 24 | Declares that President Brezhnev of the Soviet Socialist Republics should authorize the release of Doctor Semyon Gluzman from prison and allow him and his family to emigrate to Israel. | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1099 | 95 | hjres | 1099 | A resolution imploring the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to release Doctor Semyon Gluzman from prison and permit him and his family to immigrate to Israel. | International Affairs | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18] | NY | R | G000417 | 1 | Declares that President Brezhnev of the Soviet Socialist Republics should authorize the release of Doctor Semyon Gluzman from prison and allow him and his family to emigrate to Israel. | 2024-08-01T19:57:32Z | |
| 95-hjres-1100 | 95 | hjres | 1100 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 2 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1101 | 95 | hjres | 1101 | proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States the right to enact and repeal laws by voting on legislation in a national election. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | W000068 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Requires a petition signed by at least eight percent of the whole number of people in each of at least three-fourths of the States to place such an issue on the ballot and a majority vote in each of at least three-fourths of the States to pass it. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1102 | 95 | hjres | 1102 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the reconfirmation of judges after a term of eight years. | Law | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Flowers, Walter [D-AL-7] | AL | D | F000218 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires that justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior Federal courts be reconfirmed by the Senate every eight years. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1090 | 95 | hjres | 1090 | A resolution to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to disapprove any renewal and terminate any effect of the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact and to provide for a study and report on alleviating airline strikes. | Transportation and Public Works | 1978-07-31 | 1978-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Baucus, Max [D-MT-1] | MT | D | B000243 | 1 | Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes. | 2024-08-01T19:57:33Z | |
| 95-hjres-1091 | 95 | hjres | 1091 | A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on November 11, 1978, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". | Commemorations | 1978-07-31 | 1978-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 12 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on November 11, 1978, as "Vietnam Veterans Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:27Z | |
| 95-hjres-1092 | 95 | hjres | 1092 | A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the third week in June 1979 as "National Veterans' Hospital Week". | Commemorations | 1978-07-31 | 1978-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the third week of June of 1979 as "National Veterans' Hospital Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1093 | 95 | hjres | 1093 | A resolution raising the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans and cotton to 90 per centum of the respective parity prices therefor, and for other purposes. | 1978-07-31 | 1978-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percent of their respective parity prices. Reduces the price levels at which producers participating in the wheat and feed grains storage program: (1) may redeem and market commodities securing price support loans (from between 140 to 160 percent of their respective parity prices to 100 percent); and (2) must repay such loans (from 175 to 110 percent of their respective parity prices). | 2024-08-01T19:57:29Z | ||
| 95-hjres-1089 | 95 | hjres | 1089 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve for terms of four years and that such Members may not serve more than three consecutive terms. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-07-27 | 1978-07-27 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that Members of the House of Representatives shall serve for terms of four years and that such Members may not serve more than three consecutive terms. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1088 | 95 | hjres | 1088 | A resolution providing financial assistance for the City of New York. | Government securities | 1978-07-26 | 1978-10-05 | Public Law 95-415. | House | Rep. Mahon, George H. [D-TX-19] | TX | D | M000065 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee payment of principal and interest on loans in accordance with the provisions of the New York City Loan Guarantee Act of 1978 in amounts not to exceed $1,650,000,000. Appropriates effective October 1, 1978, such amounts as may be necessary for payments of financial obligations guaranteed pursuant to the New York City Loan Guarantee Act of 1978, to remain available until September 30, 1998. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 95-hjres-1086 | 95 | hjres | 1086 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the continuance in office of judges of the Supreme Court and of inferior courts. | Congress | 1978-07-25 | 1978-07-25 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Devine, Samuel L. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | D000279 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of any inferior court established by Congress from holding office for more than 10 years after (1) taking office, (2) the Senate last consented to his continuance in office, or (3) the ratification of this amendment, whichever last occurs, unless the President nominates and the Senate consents to a continuance in office. | 2024-08-01T19:57:28Z | |
| 95-hjres-1087 | 95 | hjres | 1087 | A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or threat of war as determined by the Congress; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-07-25 | 1978-07-25 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1] | TN | R | Q000013 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or threat of war. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt. | 2024-08-01T19:57:24Z | |
| 95-hjres-1073 | 95 | hjres | 1073 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1074 | 95 | hjres | 1074 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1075 | 95 | hjres | 1075 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:27Z | |
| 95-hjres-1076 | 95 | hjres | 1076 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1077 | 95 | hjres | 1077 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1078 | 95 | hjres | 1078 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1079 | 95 | hjres | 1079 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:27Z | |
| 95-hjres-1080 | 95 | hjres | 1080 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1081 | 95 | hjres | 1081 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 24 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1082 | 95 | hjres | 1082 | A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Brown, Clarence, Jr. [R-OH-7] | OH | R | B000910 | 14 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z | |
| 95-hjres-1083 | 95 | hjres | 1083 | A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the third week in June 1979 as "National Veterans' Hospital Week". | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the third week of June of 1979 as "National Veterans' Hospital Week." | 2024-08-01T19:57:27Z | |
| 95-hjres-1084 | 95 | hjres | 1084 | A resolution to establish "National Volunteer Firefighters' Day" on the second Saturday of August of each year. | Commemorations | 1978-07-24 | 1978-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 0 | Authorizes and requests the President to designate the second Saturday of August of each year as "National Volunteer Firefighters' Day." | 2024-08-01T19:57:31Z |
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